DMV now leading the country in job losses, by a mile
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Anonymous
Not in DC! Here we make it incredibly difficult for businesses to decide to set up shop here. Because, I guess, that's sticking it to the man? |
Anonymous
Anthony Williams' signature issue was economic development, and he did more than anyone else in DC history to transform the city from a blighted, depressing place that people were afraid to visit to the DC we have come to know today. So, yes, politicians can make a massive, massive difference with the incentives they create -- if they actually try. Janeese Lewis George would rather do nothing and blame Trump for everything. |
Anonymous
When psychopaths come in and cancel needed jobs and those people leave the DMV and move to Europe to continue amazing research in curing diseases… yes we need NIH, to create jobs. We need grants. We needs federal funds. To cure diseases. Yes. Also many DOGE’d people are doing their exact job as a contractor but not living in the DMV anymore doing it remotely. |
Anonymous
Do politicians create ICE jobs? Do politicians create fake wars and create jobs in defense? Apparently do. |
Anonymous
DP. It’s both and DC is failing at both. California is making an unforced error with a wealth tax and instead of offering a safe haven, our council just says “hold my beer” while we drive our own businesses out. We have a highly trained workforce that should be attractive to companies fleeing elsewhere. But, yeah, DC policies fail as an incubator for new businesses also. |
Anonymous
There are other ways to create jobs that don't rely on government to create those jobs. Government jobs don't grow your economy because those workers are paid with the salaries of private workers. Grants and funds are not bottomless pits of money without consequences. I swear the people on this board. |
Anonymous
It's the mayoral candidates' jobs to fix this mess. Voters should not let them get away with just blaming Trump and acting like there's nothing they can do and we have just wait until 2029 when Trump leaves office. People need help now. |
Anonymous
Diseases are not cured by “private workers”, new technology is not funded by good hearted billionaires. All these things require govt funding. I swear people on this board. May your child get a disease that would have been cured by DOGEd scientist…. But now won’t be. |
Anonymous
DC has the highest unemployment rate in the country (6.5 percent) https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf |
Anonymous
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The New York Times:
"She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay. She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year. That was Jan. 28, 2025. Today Amy Uccello and her husband, who also lost his job when U.S.A.I.D. funding for his nonprofit dried up, rely on food stamps, Medicaid and a supplemental nutrition program for women and children that helps with their now 19-month-old daughter. The mortgage on their home in Washington was until recently in forbearance, meaning they negotiated to pay less than they owed each month. But the bank has now cut them off and suggested they apply for a low-income mortgage program. “We don’t know if we’ll qualify,” Ms. Uccello said. She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don’t have jobs either.... When the Trump administration dismantled the sprawling global aid agency last year, it wiped out virtually an entire industry — international development — that had been based in Washington since U.S.A.I.D.’s creation in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. Nearly all of the agency’s 16,000 employees were laid off. An estimated 280,000 contractors, partners and local hires worldwide lost their jobs as well. A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html |
Anonymous
Neuralink is going to be big. |
Anonymous
Sure... |
Anonymous
6.7 percent, actually. |
Anonymous
. You first |
Anonymous
What % is POC? |